Czech TV crisis continues

The crisis in Czech public TV continues, with both sides refusing to give in
and no solution in sight. Journalists who do not recognize Mr. Hodac as the
new general director are on strike, and have set up camp in the TV newsroom
under very difficult conditions. Nevertheless, they continue to produce
programs, even though these are not accessible to the majority of the
public, since they are only transmitted by cable and satellite. The majority
of TV viewers, dependant on traditional transmitters, get only very brief
news and reports prepared by the team installed by the new management at
Czech TV.

The chairmen of all parliamentary parties bar the Communists met on Tuesday
to discuss the situation and failed to reach an agreement. And the council
set up by parliament to appoint, and if necessary, remove the general
director of Czech TV, has also failed to resolve the situation. So, what are
the political implications of the crisis in Czech public television? This is
the first question Olga Szantova put to Erazim Kohak, a philosophy professor
at Charles University.